LORENZ : Breaking Hitler’s Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park

Captain Jerry Roberts

ISBN 10: 0750978856 / ISBN 13: 9780750978859

Published by The History Press, Stroud, 2017

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This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The breaking of the Enigma machine is one of the most heroic stories of World War II, and highlights the crucial work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers which shortened the war by several years. But there was another code machine used by Hitler himself to convey messages to his top commanders in the field. More complex and secure than Enigma, it could never be broken. For 60 years no one knew about Lorenz or "Tunny," or the courageous group of men who finally broke the code. Here for the first time, codebreaker Jerry Roberts tells how these forgotten heroes of Bletchley broke Hitler?s top secret code, and how he finally got the codebreakers the recognition they deserve. Ref MM 5.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LORENZ : Breaking Hitler?s Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park
• Publisher: The History Press, Stroud
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750978856
• ISBN 13: 9780750978859
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The breaking of the Enigma machine is one of the most heroic stories of the Second World War and highlights the crucial work of the codebreakers of Bletchley Park, which prevented Britain’s certain defeat in 1941. But there was another German cipher machine, used by Hitler himself to convey messages to his top generals in the field. A machine more complex and secure than Enigma. A machine that could never be broken. For sixty years, no one knew about Lorenz or ‘Tunny’, or the determined group of men who finally broke the code and thus changed the course of the war. Many of them went to their deaths without anyone knowing of their achievements. Here, for the first time, senior codebreaker Captain Jerry Roberts tells the complete story of this extraordinary feat of intellect and of his struggle to get his wartime colleagues the recognition they deserve. The work carried out at Bletchley Park during the war to partially automate the process of breaking Lorenz, which had previously been done entirely by hand, was groundbreaking and is recognised as having kick-started the modern computer age.

About the Author

Jerry Roberts, MBE was the last surviving Bletchley Park codebreaker until his death in 2014. A talented linguist and recruited as a German speaker, he worked at Bletchley Park on the Lorenz machine for four years and was part of a small but dedicated team of codebreakers that included Tommy Flowers and Bill Tuttle.